Engagement of Marjorie Sheetz to John P. Lewis
Miss Marjorie Helen Sheetz of Red Bud Road announces her engagement to John Parkfield Lewis of the same city and Carlyle. She is a James Wood High School and Mary Washington College alumna with plans for Dickinson College. Lewis is a Handley High School and Northwestern University graduate and WHYL radio News Director at Carlyle. wedding planned for October 21 at Hopewell Friends Meetinghouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lee Sheetz
Red Bud Road
This City
Marjorie Helen
John Parkfield Lewis
Carlyle, Pa
Richard F. Lewis
Whittier Ave
Richard Field Lewis
Miss Sheetz
James Wood High School
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Dickenson College
Carlyle
Lewis
Handley High School
Northwestern University
Evanston
Chi Phi Fraternity
WHYL
Hopewell
Clearbrook
Bake Sale for Building Fund by LDS Youth Group
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Youth Group will hold a bake sale Saturday from 9 to 11 30 a m in front of W T Grants to raise money for a building fund. Cakes cookies and pies will be available under the direction of Mrs Brenda Lockhart head of the Young Womens group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
W. T
Brenda Lockhart
Young Womens Group
Exhibition marks 30th anniversary at Washington County Museum
The Hagerstown Art Museum celebration runs Sept 1 to Oct 1 featuring thirty paintings from European schools spanning the 15th to 18th centuries. Included are religious works landscapes and portraits plus drawings from the Robert Gilmore Jr. Collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Hagerstown
Robert Gilmore, Jr
America
Peabody Institute of Baltimore
Baltimore Museum of Art
Gilmore
Homecoming at Ridings Chapel
Ridings Chapel Church hosts a Sunday homecoming with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and morning sermon at 11 by Rev. Melvin Brant. An afternoon service follows at 2 p.m. with male quartet and special music open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridings Chapel
Melvin Brant
Shenandoah Valley Motel Association Meeting Set
The Shenandoah Valley Motel Association will meet on September 5 at 11 a.m. at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. Willis H. Fisk of the Bon Air Motel serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Motel Association
Lee Jackson Restaurant
Willis H. Fisk
The
Bon Air Motel
Calendar of Events September line up at local groups
The notice lists events from September including a rummage sale at 23 E Piccadilly St by the Church of Latter Day Saints from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on September 1 and again September 2 to 11:30 a.m. Bakes and bake sales, bridge, and fire company activities follow with times and locations across Middletown Strasburg Stephens City and Capon Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Piccadilly St
Church of Latter Day Saints
Middletown Fire Co
George Washington Hotel
Woodmen of the World
Order of Eagles
Church of Latterday Saints
W. T. Grants
Church of Latter-Day Saints
Strasburg
Association of Retired Persons
Town Hall
Stra
Stephens City Fire Co
Capon Bridge
Community Club Events Planned Across Weekend
Open Lounge Friday 7:30 to 10 p m. Lions Shelter 6 p m Cub Scouts Kiwanis Key Club 6 p m Baptist Church Circle. Saturday 7:30 to 11 p m Key Club Dance Armory Elks Dance Kiwanis Shelter Higgs Reunion 12 p m All day Handley Class of 53 Reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Key Club
Baptist Church
Cir
Key Club
Kiwanis
Higgs Reunion
Lions Shelter
Handley Class
Valley Chanters reelect officers for next year
The Valley Chanters re-elected officers for a second term. President Dr. Donald C. Towlen and Secretary Mrs. Alice Lively will lead, with Treasurer William Kirby and Vice Presidents by section.next appearances set for Sept 30 at Middletown Methodist and Oct 8 at Stephens City Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Chanters
Donald C. Towlen
Alice Lively
William Kirby
Billie Towlen
Eugene Russell
Helene Boyer
Percy Hershman
Methodist
Middletown
Stephens City
WSCS School of Instruction at Market Street Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Market Street Methodist Church will hold a School of Instruction for all women on September 12 at 7 p.m. in the Education Building. District officers of Winchester District WSCS will conduct classes with discussion and Q A periods. All women are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester
W.S.C.S
WSCS
A. Harold Rowe
Lawrence T. Fauver
Market Street
Mosaic Corn Palace Walls Display Giant Ears in Mitchell
The walls of the Corn Palace in Mitchell are adorned with ears of corn grain sorghums and rassés. Brightly colored corn ears are grown to enhance the mosaic pattern on the walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
S.C
Local social notes from Winchester area events this week
Pasonid L and F L Large Sr return from Detroit and St Clair Island after two weeks away. Mrs Julia Carter admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital. Robert Smith Jr. to enter The Citadel for freshman year in Charleston. Sharon Wolfe visiting Alexandria and Falls Church. A daughter Tracie Ann born Aug 29 at Winchester Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Shoee Gable Miller. Delma Fletcher ill at home. Susannah Godlove travels to Fort Knox to visit Captain Robert Storms. Turner Smeltzer and Katherine Cowley welcome Turner David born Aug 31 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Jane Beverly Foot returns to Pasadena after visiting Winchester. Pearl Smoots and Freda Keller escort Lulu Giffen for a motor ride, visit Capon Bridge and Bethel Church. Homer Leatherman hosts surprise party with many relatives. Ernest Sargent birthday gathering with family and friends in Bunker Hill and nearby towns. Dr W Reynolds Legge announces birth of a son Aug 27 in Waterville. Legge to return to Winston-Salem after ophthalmology work. wife and children accompany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Smoots
Freda Keller
Lulu Giffen
Maplewood Nasting
Mrs. Giffen
Capon Bridge
W. Va
The
Green Lantern
Bethel Church
W. Reynolds Legge
Waterville
Maine
Legge
Winthrop Legge
Winchester District WSCS Plans Sept 6 Seminar at Strasburg
The Winchester District Womans Society of Christian Service will hold its annual Educational Seminar at the Strasburg Methodist Church starting at 9 30 a m DST on September 6. Mrs W A Fisher of Gainesboro leads Missionary Education with sessions on Churches for New Times and The Christian Mission in Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Strasburg Methodist Church
W. A. Fisher
Missionary Education and Service
Gainesboro
New Times
Margaret Duvall
George Calquhoun
Timberville
Walter Hodges
Bridgewater
Ellsworth Keller
A. B. Lam
Elkton
A. Harold Rowe
Latin America
Fisher
William B. Lindsey
Harrisonburg
Martin Adams
Brucetown
Lam
B.T. Clarke
Strasburg
Warren Spitler
Special Events Planned at the Winchester Golf Club Labor Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend at the Winchester Golf Club features outdoor cook-out activities and swimming before a Labor Day picnic dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Barbecue roast beef and barbecue chicken will be served. Tennis tournaments run, golf continues, and a Hole-in-One contest is planned on the No. 5 hole. Swimming contests start Monday at 1 30 p.m. The clubhouse will close Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Curb Market Set to Open With Fresh Vegetables
Tomorrow at 6 a.m. the farmers curb market opens in the parking lot at Kent and Boscawen Streets offering lima beans green beans corn beets onions bell peppers squash cucumbers and potatoes. Eggs cured meat dressed rabbits dressed chickens apple sauce pickles fudge baked goods and cut flowers also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers
Kent and
Boscawen Sts
Clarence Fletcher
Dreseld
Chess Players To Form Club
Interested players are invited to join a chess club organized by Warren Hash. Contact MO 2-2830 to participate and help establish the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Hash
Wedding cake cutting and snail eating tips
The column notes it is traditional for the bride to cut the first cake piece shared with her groom, with others handling the rest. It advises hot snails served in holders, to be held in the left hand and eaten with a pick or fork.
Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon
A language note listing synonyms for troublesome and tedious and introducing baroque and fantast ic as daily vocabulary. Includes pronunciation bah roke and an example on baroque sculpturing on a building facade. Also offers guidance on word usage such as preferring speech over talk.
Branner Couple Mark 16th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Robert L Branner celebrate 16th wedding anniversary. Married September 1 1945 at Middletown Parsonage. Mrs Branner formerly Della Manuel. They reside with two daughters Dixie Lane and Deborah Lee in Kernstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Branner
Middletown Parsonage
Branner
Della Manuel
Births Aug 28 to Wilson Whitacre Fincham Elgin
Birth notices list several newborns on August 28 and 29. Anthony Erwin Wilson son of Donivan Wilson Jr. Delano Gordon Jr. son of Delano Gordon Whitacre and Florence, Jerry Allen Fincham, Dean Thomas Elgin, Sue Ellen Heavener, Jamie Edgar Grimes, Jeffery Scott Gregory with each mother’s maiden name provided. Additional lines reference Clark Ga-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donivan Wilson, Jr
S. Kent St
Anthony Erwin
Wilson
Betty Ann Lewis
Ant
Delano Gordon Whitacre
Kinzel Drive
Delano Gordon, Jr
Whitacre
Carol Elaine Lockhart
Donald Bugne Whittington
Halltown
W. Va
Eugene
Whittington
Florence Virginia Henry
Silias Bundick Fincham
Middletown
Jerry Allen
Fincham
Alice Elvira Golliday
Roger Lee Elgin, Jr
the Plains
Dean Thomas
Elgin
Jean Rebecca Norman
Jack Allen Heavener
Romney
Sue Ellen
Heavener
Betty Jean McKee
William Prieston Grimes
Berryville
Jamie Edgar
Grimes
Phyllis Arlene Stickel
Ralph Shyrock Gregory
Valley Farm
Stephens City
Jeffery Scott
Gregory
Carolyn Irene Paige
Clark Ga
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News For Women
Marjorie Sheetz
John P. Lewis
Bake Sale
Hagerstown Art Museum
Gaunt’s
Nancy Pennypacker
Cub Scouts
Armory Elks Dance
Market St. Church
F. L. Largent, Sr
Detroit
Mich
St. Clair Island
Julia Carter
N. Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert Smith, Jr
Robert E. Smith
S. Stewart St
Char , S.C
Citadel
Sharon Wolfe
John T. Wolfe
Miller St
Alexandria
Shoee
Gable Miller
Beng
Tracie Ann
Delma Fletcher
Valley Mill Road
Susannah Godlove
Joist Hite
Fort Knox, Ky
Robert N. Storms
Turner Lee Smeltzer
Gore
Turner David
Smeltzer
Katerine Lee Cowley
Jane Beverly Foot
Ray F. Godlove
Joist Hite Place
Sunset Knoll
Pasadena
Homer Leatherman
H. O. Leight
A. S Orndorff
G A Stright
Baltimore
Eston Collins
Affleck
Richard Wright
H. B. Taylor
James Taylor
Hubberd Taylor
Mr. Leatherman
Bertha Butler
Keyser
Ernest Sargent
Bunker
Sargent
Rell
Harry Rackley
Sharon
Frank Murphy
City
Herbert Armel
Robert Abrell
Jean Fogle
Bennie Sargent
Donald Bryant
Arlington
Becky Myers
Peggy Sargent
Carl Brown
Charles Kackley
Bunker Hill
Davis Cleaners
Boscawen
Ble Miller
Nelson Thomas King
Marshall
Joseph Randall
King
Earlene Florence ‘’Ynes
James Ronald Cornwell
Route 4
Ane Ronald
Cornwell
Phyllis Ann Brill
Wallace Harold Brown
Fox Drive
Roy Ellis
Brown
Ethel Mae Conely
Howard James
James
Doris Ruth Hill
William Edwin North
Gray Ave
William Edwin III
Bridgeforth
Ruth Neville Derflinger
Edgar Charles Baker
Edgar Charles, Jr
Baker
Lucy Mae Cornell
Roberto Lee
W. L. Gordon
Luray
Caverns
Virginia
Luray Caverns
Subat Caverns
Luray, Wa
the Commercial Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
N. Loudoun St. Machr
Qdnauunndunnc
Ohhonnennlenneth
WNC
Shoecenter
Trios
Loudoun & Boscawen Sts
Virginia Ave
John Kerr
Lloyd Martin
Carl Rotz
U. S. Post Office
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